The document discusses key aspects of the Hungarian tertiary education system. It notes that tertiary attendance has grown but regional differences remain. Hungary participates in the Bologna Process to harmonize European higher education systems around bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Admission requires passing a secondary exam. Institutions offer state-funded and fee-paying places. The top universities are Eötvös Lóránd University, University of Szeged, and Semmelweis University. Foreign student numbers are rising while Hungarians also study abroad.

1. Hungarian tertiary education system

2. Ratio of graduates
Tertiary educational attendance has grown rapidly over
the years both in Hungary and in the more
developed countries, but the gap between them has
remained.

3. Regional differences
Although there is a rise in the number of university
students in Hungary there are big differences
between the different regions of the country.

4. Hungarian educational system

5. Bologna Process
The Education Ministers from 29 European
countries decided to harmonise and unify their
Higher Education. It has resulted in the Bologna
Process which currently has 47 participating
countries among them Hungary.
The aim:
• Easily comparable system
• A Higher Education system which is based on 3
main cycles ( bachelor, master and doctor)
• Mobility - You can travel abroad to study easily

6. Admission to tertiary institutions
• Te get into a higher education institutions you must
successfully pass the upper secondary school leaving
examination (at standard or advanced level).
• Admission is decided according to a score system which is
made up of the secondary school leaving examination results
and the secondary school performance of students.

7. Financing
• Higher education institutions may offer state funded
and fee-paying places for applicants. The number of
state funded places determined by the government
every year.

8. Propotion of financing

9. The rates of the state-financed and fee
paying
2012
Stately Funded
Fee Pay
36%
64%

10. Forms of tertiary traning
High School
Undivided
Training
Bachelor
Master
Specialize
d Training
Doktorate
(PhD)
Higher
Vocational
Education

11. Proportion of students by degree level

12. Higher education courses

13. Bachelor and Master programmes
• Bachelor: BA/BSc programmes of 6 to 8 semesters
(ISCED 5A, 180-240 ECTS credits) lead to a first
degree
• Master: Master level programmes (ISCED 5A, 60120 ECTS credits) of another 2 to 4 semesters require
a first degree as admission criterion.
• The pre-requisite to entering doctoral programmes
(ISCED 6) is a MA/MSc degree.

14. Undivided training
• There are a few fields of tertiary education
(e.g. law and medical studies) where
undivided long programmes remain the
standard form of study (10 to 12
semesters, 300-360 ECTS credits) leading to a
first degree but equivalent to a MA/MSc
degree.

15. Advanced vocational programmes
• Short cycle advanced vocational programmes ( 120 ECTS
credits) are relatively new in the Hungarian education system.
These programmes can be provided both by higher education
institutions and upper secondary schools. These programmes
lead to an advanced vocational qualification but does not give
a degree.

16. Post-graduate specialisation
programmes
• Higher education also includes post-graduate
specialisation programmes.
• You can do it after the bachelor and the master
training. It doesn’t give a new degree.

17. PhD or DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts)
• A PhD or DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts) degree is
can be obtained after a doctoral course which
follows a Master course.

18. The rate of the candidates and the
admitted
250000
200000
150000
Candidates
100000
Admitted
50000
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

19. Hungarian towns with a university or a
college

20. The Best Hungarian Universities
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Eötvös Lóránd University
University of Szeged
Semmelweis University
Corvinus University of Budapest
University of Debrecen
BME

22. Top Hungarian universities

23. Eötvös Lóránd University
The main faculties of the
University:
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Informatics
• Faculty of Humanities
(teacher and kindergarten teacher training)
• Faculty of Science
The most popular courses are Faculty of Humanities and
Faculty of Education and Psychology in 2011.( Only in
these 2 faculties the number of candidates is more than
12000.)

24. University of Szeged
The main faculties of the University:
- Faculty of Health Care
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Engineering

25. Semmelweis University
The University is specialised in different
Faculties of Health Science (For examle:
doctors, dentists or pharmacists).
This is the most famous university of doctors in
Hungary.

26. Corvinus University of Budapest
The main faculties of the university :
• Faculty of Food Science
• Faculty of Economics
This University is famous for high level of
economic education.

27. University of Debrecen
The main faculties of the university:
• Faculty of Music
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Health Care
• Faculty of Economic
• Faculty of Humanities
The most famous faculty is the Management
Sciences and Rural Development. (The university
has more than 35000 students.)

28. BME: Budapest University of
Technology and Economics
Faculties:
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•
•
•
•
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•
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

29. Foreign students in Hungary
• Hungarian colleges and universities have a long tradition of
welcoming foreign students. The number of foreign students
has considerably increased in the last few years.

30. Hungarian students abroad
There are also many Hungarian students studying abroad. The
most popular destinations are: Germany, France, Italy and
Finland. Most scholarship holders went to study social
sciences, business, law, fine arts or technical sciences.

31. Our students’ higher education plans
14
12
10
8
Male
6
Female
4
2
0
Higher Vocational
Training
College
University